City of Punta Gorda Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2020-2021, 7 Dec 2020

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From YouTube: PRMP Video Update #14

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The Parks and Recreation Master Plan 14th Video Update is here! Watch the video to learn about one of our City’s popular historical landmarks: the Punta Gorda Train Depot. For more information about Punta Gorda’s Place to Play, visit www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/i-want-to-/view/park-recreation-master-plan.

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Hello city of pinagorda, this is pune gorda's place to play and welcome to the 14th video update. A staff continues to diligently work on the draft plan. We wanted to showcase one of our popular historical landmarks. The puna gorda train depot, the punta gorda train depot was built by the atlantic coastline. Railroad six florida depots were designed to incorporate the spanish mission style features used by atlantic coastline.

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Pune gordas is the last of these depots in existence. The original work was awarded to the rw burroughs construction company of bartow by 1971. The depot was closed to freight traffic and purchased by fred c babcock, who donated the site to old puna gorda inc in 1996.

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in 1998 volunteers began to restore the building. The depot is operated as a living history, museum, the former colored waiting room features, pictures of area pioneers and local prominent african americans, the former white waiting room, includes other exhibits.

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The ticket office now includes railroad, memorabilia, historic items from the local fishing industry and nostalgic items from world war ii, troop revivals to charlotte county.

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Although the depot was hit by hurricane charlie in august 2004, it has since been restored. As a puna gorda landmark, the depot was placed on the national register of historic places in 1990.. The depot is now owned and operated by the punta gorda historical society and all are free to visit and tour. The recently restored 1928 built depot and antique mall building the deepuan mall is now open from september through june monday, through saturday, from 10 a.m to 4 p.m.

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That is all for this update. We hope you get to visit one of our unique historical landmarks in puna gorda and, as always, see you next time for what's to come at puna gorda's place to.

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